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Aakanksha Sinha Report Environmental Permit Variation Environmental Permit Variation Application Slough Heat and Power Station Application Supporting Document Slough Heat and Power Limited Project reference: 60578218 Project number: 60578218.005 60578218-ACM-PM-RP-EN-001-A 14 April 2020 Environmental Permit Variation Application Project reference: 60578218 Project number: 60578218.005 Quality information Prepared by Checked by Verified by Approved by Aakanksha Sinha Helen Watson Mark Webb Mark Webb Principal Consultant Associate Director Technical Director Technical Director Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorized Name Position Initial draft 10/03/2020 Client review Helen Watson Helen Watson Project Manager Final 14/04/2020 Issue Helen Watson Helen Watson Project Manager Prepared for: Slough Heat and Power Limited AECOM Environmental Permit Variation Application Project reference: 60578218 Project number: 60578218.005 Prepared for: Slough Heat and Power Limited Andrew Ellis 342 Edinburgh Avenue Slough SL1 4TU Prepared by: Aakanksha Sinha Principal Consultant T: +441133012442 E: [email protected] AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited 5th Floor, 2 City Walk Leeds LS11 9AR United Kingdom T: +44 (0)113 391 6800 aecom.com © 2020 AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited. All Rights Reserved. This document has been prepared by AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited (“AECOM”) for sole use of our client (the “Client”) in accordance with generally accepted consultancy principles, the budget for fees and the terms of reference agreed between AECOM and the Client. Any information provided by third parties and referred to herein has not been checked or verified by AECOM, unless otherwise expressly stated in the document. No third party may rely upon this document without the prior and express written agreement of AECOM. Prepared for: Slough Heat and Power Limited AECOM Environmental Permit Variation Application Project reference: 60578218 Project number: 60578218.005 Table of Contents Non - Technical Summary ........................................................................................................ 1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 4 2.1 Background ................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Proposed Variation ......................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Environmental Setting .................................................................................................... 6 Site Condition .......................................................................................................................... 6 Operating Techniques .............................................................................................................. 7 4.1 Technical Standards ....................................................................................................... 7 4.2 Process Description ....................................................................................................... 7 4.3 Raw Materials ................................................................................................................ 9 4.4 Waste ............................................................................................................................ 9 4.5 Energy Use .................................................................................................................. 10 4.6 Operating and Maintenance Procedures .......................................................................11 4.7 Management Systems ..................................................................................................11 4.8 General Maintenance ....................................................................................................11 Emissions to Air, Water and Land ............................................................................................11 5.1 Emissions to Air ............................................................................................................11 5.2 Emissions to Water ...................................................................................................... 13 5.3 Emissions to Sewer ..................................................................................................... 14 5.4 Emissions to Land........................................................................................................ 14 5.5 Odour .......................................................................................................................... 14 5.6 Noise ........................................................................................................................... 14 5.7 Heat............................................................................................................................. 14 Monitoring ............................................................................................................................. 15 6.1 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................... 15 6.2 Emissions to Air ........................................................................................................... 15 6.3 Emissions to Sewer ..................................................................................................... 15 6.4 Emissions to Water ...................................................................................................... 15 6.5 Monitoring of Process Variables ................................................................................... 15 Environmental Risk Assessment (Impact Assessment) ........................................................... 15 7.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 15 7.2 Site Location and Sensitive Receptors ......................................................................... 16 7.3 Impact Assessment ...................................................................................................... 18 7.4 Site Waste ................................................................................................................... 20 7.5 Global Warming Potential (GWP) ................................................................................. 21 7.6 Abnormal Operations ................................................................................................... 21 Closure and Decommissioning ............................................................................................... 21 Appendix A - Figures............................................................................................................................ Appendix B – Air Quality Impact Assessment ....................................................................................... Appendix C – List of Company Directors .............................................................................................. Appendix D – Application Checklist ...................................................................................................... Tables Table 4-1: Key Residue Streams from the Multifuel Facility ................................................................ 9 Table 5-1: Point Source Releases to Air from the Installation .............................................................11 Table 5-2: South Stack at Operational Design Load (10.5MJ/kg) ...................................................... 12 Table 5-3: Emission Limit Values for the South Stack ....................................................................... 12 Table 7-1: Human Receptors in the Vicinity of the Installation ........................................................... 16 Table 7-2: Designated European Ecological Receptors in the Vicinity of the Site (within 10 km) ........ 16 Prepared for: Slough Heat and Power Limited AECOM Environmental Permit Variation Application Project reference: 60578218 Project number: 60578218.005 Non - Technical Summary This document supports the application submitted by Slough Heat and Power Limited (“SHP”) under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (“the EP Regulations”) (as amended) to vary the Environmental Permit for the Slough Heat and Power Station (“SHPS” or “the installation”) (permit reference: EPR/CP3031SX). This variation is being submitted to amend the maximum fuel throughput of the Multifuel facility at the SHPS to 480,000tpa. The installa- tion is located on 342 Edinburgh Avenue, Slough Trading Estate, Berkshire, SL1 4TU. The installation’s Environmental Permit was varied in 2016 (application submitted in December 2014 (the “2014 Permit Variation”)) to add the operation of a Multifuel facility to the installation, comprising a new energy from waste (EfW) facility fired by refuse derived fuel (RDF) with a gross electrical out- put of 50MWe and a nominal thermal export of 10 – 20MWth as steam to the local heat network. The Multifuel facility will comprise two incineration lines (Boilers B18 and B19) and has been designed to operate using 480,000 tpa of fuel with Net Calorific Values (NCV) in the range of 10.5MJ/kg to 16MJ/kg, with the annual availability of 8,000 hours. The Permit also includes an existing incineration activity for Boiler 17 (B17) which has a thermal in- put capacity
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